Crack, marijuana, stolen gun seized

Published: Thursday, October 24, 2013 at 11:31 AM.

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His last conviction came in 2009, and he served August 2009-March 2010 in state prison for felony counts of possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance and maintaining a place for a controlled substance.

Vaughn was placed in the Lenoir County Detention Center under a $130,000 bond.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.

Kinston police arrested two men Wednesday suspected of cocaine trafficking.

Nathaniel Roberts, 29, and Timothy Vaughn, 30, were found with 4.5 ounces of crack, 1 ounce of marijuana, a stolen .45-caliber handgun and $5,800 cash.

A news release from the Kinston Department of Public Safety states officers with the KDPS Narcotics and Gang units and the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at a residence in the 500 block of Greenmeade Drive, arresting the two men and seizing the drugs.

Roberts received four felony counts of trafficking cocaine, and one felony count each of possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver a Schedule VI controlled substances and maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance.

He was placed into the Lenoir County Detention Center under a $255,000 bond.

Roberts last received probation for a 2007 conviction on felony possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance.

Vaughn picked up two felony counts of trafficking cocaine, and one felony count each of conspiracy to traffic cocaine, delivering a Schedule VI controlled substance and maintaining a dwelling for a controlled substance.

His last conviction came in 2009, and he served August 2009-March 2010 in state prison for felony counts of possession with intent to sell a Schedule II controlled substance and maintaining a place for a controlled substance.

Vaughn was placed in the Lenoir County Detention Center under a $130,000 bond.

Wes Wolfe can be reached at 252-559-1075 and Wes.Wolfe@Kinston.com. Follow him on Twitter @WolfeReports.